Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest pneumonia death rate
68 Mississippi hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 15.2% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Forrest General Hospital | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 224 min, 10th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 537 | Compare Forrest General Hospital |
| 52 | Marion General Hospital | 19.4%, 6th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 126 min, 69th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 79 | Compare Marion General Hospital |
| 53 | Bolivar Medical Center | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 127 min, 68th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 165 | Compare Bolivar Medical Center |
| 54 | North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory | 19.6%, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.4%, 6th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 161 min, 41st percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 95 | Compare North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory |
| 55 | Winston Medical Center | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 109 min, 83rd percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 41 | Compare Winston Medical Center |
| 56 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County | 19.8%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 133 min, 62nd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 96 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County |
| 57 | Neshoba County General Hospital | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 97 min, 92nd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | — | Compare Neshoba County General Hospital |
| 58 | Tallahatchie General Hospital-CAH | 20.1%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 min, 91st percentile | — | 18 | Compare Tallahatchie General Hospital-CAH |
| 59 | Greenwood Leflore Hospital | 20.7%, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 260 | Compare Greenwood Leflore Hospital |
| 60 | Singing River Health System | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 551 | Compare Singing River Health System |
| T61 | Merit Health River Region | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 123 min, 71st percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 354 | Compare Merit Health River Region |
| T61 | South Central Regional Medical Center | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 2.19, 0th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 285 | Compare South Central Regional Medical Center |
| 63 | Choctaw Regional Medical Center | 21.3%, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 109 min, 83rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Choctaw Regional Medical Center |
| 64 | Ochsner Rush Hospital | 21.7%, 1st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 1.13, 5th percentile | 215 | Compare Ochsner Rush Hospital |
| 65 | Baptist Medical Center Attala | 22.1%, 1st percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 77 min, 98th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Baptist Medical Center Attala |
| 66 | North Sunflower Medical Center CAH | 22.9%, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | — | 35 | Compare North Sunflower Medical Center CAH |
| 67 | George Regional Health System | 23.1%, 0th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 48 | Compare George Regional Health System |
| 68 | Delta Health System - The Medical Center | 29.0%, 0th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 270 min, 3rd percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 268 | Compare Delta Health System - The Medical Center |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).